Which AMG for American Le Mans ?
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Which AMG for American Le Mans ?
With the launch of the SLS I was trying to determine which Mercedes AMG would make a good GT car.
My candidates are:
CLK63 Black
SL63 Black
SLS63
What do you guys think?
My candidates are:
CLK63 Black
SL63 Black
SLS63
What do you guys think?
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Here's a late reply to your question, Marshall.
I spent quite a bit of time at the Petit LeMans pouring over and watching the SLS on track in the support race. It is a wicked beast to say the least but much development will be needed to make the car competitive. With the restrictions applied; I'd bet a silver dollar that the street SLS is significantly faster. It just looked "heavy" compared to the competition. Spencer Pumpelly is a great driver but he looked somewhat helpless out there.
As for a GT entry from AMG. Give us the CLK63 Black.
I spent quite a bit of time at the Petit LeMans pouring over and watching the SLS on track in the support race. It is a wicked beast to say the least but much development will be needed to make the car competitive. With the restrictions applied; I'd bet a silver dollar that the street SLS is significantly faster. It just looked "heavy" compared to the competition. Spencer Pumpelly is a great driver but he looked somewhat helpless out there.
As for a GT entry from AMG. Give us the CLK63 Black.
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Here's a late reply to your question, Marshall.
I spent quite a bit of time at the Petit LeMans pouring over and watching the SLS on track in the support race. It is a wicked beast to say the least but much development will be needed to make the car competitive. With the restrictions applied; I'd bet a silver dollar that the street SLS is significantly faster. It just looked "heavy" compared to the competition. Spencer Pumpelly is a great driver but he looked somewhat helpless out there.
As for a GT entry from AMG. Give us the CLK63 Black.
I spent quite a bit of time at the Petit LeMans pouring over and watching the SLS on track in the support race. It is a wicked beast to say the least but much development will be needed to make the car competitive. With the restrictions applied; I'd bet a silver dollar that the street SLS is significantly faster. It just looked "heavy" compared to the competition. Spencer Pumpelly is a great driver but he looked somewhat helpless out there.
As for a GT entry from AMG. Give us the CLK63 Black.
Never the less, I totally agree with you, the car looked a bit on the heavy side and also it seemed that it had too much torque, he was very cautious with the throttle especially at turn 5.
The race was dominated by the Volvo which seemed to be very nimble. The engine sounded like a 4-cylinder turbocharged which is probably a lot lighter than the huge V8 in the SLR and probably was a lot easier to drive out of the corners. Despite all of the above, the car along with the corvettes sounded incredible, I just love the roar of those V8's.
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...t-in-speed-gt/
Last edited by kchristos; Oct 13, 2009 at 04:03 PM.
